tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post3641958177773249760..comments2016-12-09T05:16:20.988-06:00Comments on Dr. Wes: Our Healthcare HindenburgDrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-71939035519803490542009-01-22T03:30:00.000-06:002009-01-22T03:30:00.000-06:00"Canada does it at half the cost in America."Yeah ..."Canada does it at half the cost in America."<BR/><BR/>Yeah and we all know that Canada does such a grand job of providing (rationing) healthcare that many come to the U.S. Where are we gonna go? Mexico?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-90933282972812140162009-01-15T13:09:00.000-06:002009-01-15T13:09:00.000-06:00From George Will: In the 43 years since America d...From George Will:<BR/> In the 43 years since America decided that health care for the elderly would be paid for by people still working, the ratio of workers to seniors has steadily declined. And the number of seniors living long enough to have five or more chronic conditions -- 23 percent of Medicare beneficiaries -- has increased. Many of those conditions could be prevented or managed by Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-36542842926083239882008-12-02T22:18:00.000-06:002008-12-02T22:18:00.000-06:00Me and my wife were happy to recently (2 months ag...Me and my wife were happy to recently (2 months ago) have our second baby at a famous medical institution. The 3 of us and the other 10 people in the room. Last year this institution decided that it would raise its fees by 5% above inflation. This goes on year after year in the healthcare industry, with many years it being above 8%. Imagine an automotive company attempting that. Right near where pigdog67http://www.blogger.com/profile/16070955194727425894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-7001581051846372092008-10-31T13:35:00.000-05:002008-10-31T13:35:00.000-05:00physicians: overworked, not-unionized (due to unac...physicians: overworked, not-unionized (due to unacceptability politically), taken advantage of in their altruism (versus insurance and Gov't who play by capitalist rules - brutal efficiency), and now (40% of payment from medicare) addicted to the lopsided bastardized payment system we now have (triple taxation = Medicare payments (forced charity) + income taxes (despite physicians already paying NU med studentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-65599864609851988482008-09-17T06:54:00.000-05:002008-09-17T06:54:00.000-05:00anony 8:49-Agreed.anony 11:02 - I would concur tha...anony 8:49-<BR/><BR/>Agreed.<BR/><BR/>anony 11:02 - <BR/><BR/>I would concur that the physicians have been woefully ineffective at organizing on a national level to counteract our current situation. We have been just as emphatic about running to Medicare and preserving the broken system as anyone (as evidenced by the recent national push to prevent physician Medicare paycuts). But as one DrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-78995839689431342282008-09-16T22:19:00.000-05:002008-09-16T22:19:00.000-05:00Well, the failure of Lehman and AIG is due to spec...Well, the failure of Lehman and AIG is due to speculation with dollars that didn't actually exist, whereas the health care crisis is based overconsumption of real resources. So, while the points you raise are good ones, the link to the current financial crisis is somewhat loose.alexa-bluehttp://badmedicine.quiblit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-30818761497756720022008-09-16T18:26:00.000-05:002008-09-16T18:26:00.000-05:00Wait - so we already have "universal, limitless ca...Wait - so we already have "universal, limitless care"? And that's the opposite of "social responsibility"? <BR/>And they let you teach medicine?<BR/><BR/>Also - anonymous @ 11:02 makes some good points. Docs have a lot to do with our current system, but I don't see a smidgen of introspection in this post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-86664034969491425652008-09-16T11:02:00.000-05:002008-09-16T11:02:00.000-05:00"reasonable" malpractice premiums? We going to le..."reasonable" malpractice premiums? We going to let the government decide what is reasonable? I think they already have given that the CME considers your rates when they set prices and apparently finds your cries overblown.<BR/><BR/>However, in Dr. Wes' lists of "would it bes" he left out one group. Physicians, whose only solution of late is basically pay us more. Pay for performance - they Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-2598083191088616042008-09-16T09:55:00.000-05:002008-09-16T09:55:00.000-05:00You forgot to mention tort reform and reasonable m...You forgot to mention tort reform and reasonable malpractice premiums (based on tort reform).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-21567165988043264322008-09-16T08:49:00.000-05:002008-09-16T08:49:00.000-05:00It also rests upon medical professionals to work t...It also rests upon medical professionals to work to stop all of the health policies, insurance mandates and clinical guidelines that are not based on good science, but have been bought and paid for by vested interests. Those cost the public by wasting limited healthcare resources and jeopardize the future of healthcare for us all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-78098070285474088162008-09-16T07:46:00.000-05:002008-09-16T07:46:00.000-05:00The only comnforting thought I have in response is...The only comnforting thought I have in response is that when it all blows, the ones left standing will be the docs, the nurses and the patients. And we will rebuild what we have lost. <BR/><BR/>Because in the end, that is the relationship that endures. The rest is just business folks trying to capitalize on that relationship.TBTAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16555722791007332247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-30430894270192758852008-09-16T07:31:00.000-05:002008-09-16T07:31:00.000-05:00Wes,You make more sense in these paragraphs than a...Wes,<BR/>You make more sense in these paragraphs than all of the financial papers put together!!<BR/>If I can add one thought, in fact, just one word....greed!!!<BR/>If all of those involved weren't chasing the almighty buck, most of this would never have happened. Capitalism is the only system that works, but it must be tempered with common sense and virtues.docandchiefnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-27866925234180110712008-09-16T03:55:00.000-05:002008-09-16T03:55:00.000-05:00Finance world is very crazy... i can't believe a b...Finance world is very crazy... i can't believe a big company as Lehman is dead !... poor capitalism...saint germain en layehttp://www.saintger.comnoreply@blogger.com